| ASSONANCE | Resemblance in the sounds of words (9) |
| SLUR | Pronounce the sounds of words in a way that is not clear (4) |
| NEONLIGHT | Lamp in "The Sounds of Silence" |
| RIMES | Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (5) |
| RHYMES | Correspondences in the sounds of lines |
| RHYME | Versification; correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (5) |
| PHONETICS | Ring twitches with the sounds of speech (9) |
| SHORTHAND | Condensed writing is sure tanned by the sounds of it (9) |
| PHONETIC | Relating to the sound of words (8) |
| SPOONERISM | In which form of metathesis, named after a warden of New College, Oxford, are the initial sounds of words transposed to form a ludicrous sentence? (10) |
| SPOONER | Who was noted for slips of the tongue whereby sounds of words are transposed, The Rev WA ... (7) |
| SIMILE | Which figure of speech directly expresses a resemblance in one or more points (6) |
| FLEECE | Fabric named for its resemblance in warmth or thickness to a sheep's woolly coat; or, a shearling-like outer garment made of said cloth (6) |
| ASSONANT | Having a resemblance in sound |
| LIKEN | Point out resemblance in link devised around Spain (5) |
| BULLSEYE | Word for an archery target's central gold, a big round humbug-like peppermint, a cyclone's whirling centre, a lantern, a porthole or a thick lens, each named for their apparent resemblance in some way |
| DRAWINGBOARD | Director of artist's section uninterested, by the sounds of it, in planning stage of project |
| HEIR | Inheritor in the air, from the sounds of it (4) |
| COOS | The sounds of woodpigeons from most of the coops (4) |
| DRINKINGSONGS | Enjoying a happy hour with relatives outside front garden to the sounds of Whiskey in the Jar and Red, Red Wine (8,5) |
